"If I can stop one Heart from Breaking,
I shall not live in Vain;
If I can Ease one Life the Aching;
I shall not live in Vain."
I have a Solution that will reduce pressure on IIT aspirants but do not know how to get this across to HRD Minister of India. Suggestions are welcome. (Ram Krishnaswamy)

Swaroop said police have yet to find out whether Kumar who was living alone in his official flat at the IIT campus committed suicide or was murdered.

"Till now, it is a mysterious case as circumstantial evidence gathered from the spot was not enough to ascertain the exact circumstances leading to Kumar's death," he said.

SP (rural) Ajay Singh said, "Police investigation is on. The possibility of murder can not be ruled out."

A senior professor in IIT said Kumar was often depressed due to his loneliness and had made an unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide two years ago. He said that Kumar's wife Madhulika had committed suicide two years ago and his three daughters resided abroad.

Singh said a case has been registered and the body sent for post-mortem examination. "We are still waiting for Kumar's close relatives to record their statements," said inspector-general of police (law and order) R S Meena.